If you think that your chances of flying off for the Summer are already looking dodgy, British Airways check-in staff at London Heathrow have voted for strike action. It wasn’t exactly marginal, .....

If you think that your chances of flying off for the Summer are already looking dodgy, British Airways .....

23 Jun 202223 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 133 comments

News in brief: DoubleTree Newbury North hotel leaving Hilton Hilton is losing another UK hotel with the departure of DoubleTree Newbury North. The hotel will be leaving the brand on 28th February. .....

News in brief: DoubleTree Newbury North hotel leaving Hilton Hilton is losing another UK hotel with the .....

11 Feb 202511 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Two weekends ago, 500,000 Avios were stolen from my British Airways Executive Club account. I woke up on Sunday morning to an email from British Airways telling me that ‘Activity has taken place .....

Two weekends ago, 500,000 Avios were stolen from my British Airways Executive Club account. I woke up on .....

10 Feb 202510 February 2025 by Rhys Jones • 285 comments

Back in May I had a hard-hat tour (literally) of the new Park Hyatt London River Thames hotel. This was, and may still be, the only article available which was written by someone who had been inside .....

Back in May I had a hard-hat tour (literally) of the new Park Hyatt London River Thames hotel. This was, and .....

21 Jul 202421 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

This is our review of Hotel Resonance in Taipei, Taiwan. Eager to visit before, erm, geopolitics intervened, I recently spent ten days in Taiwan and Shanghai. This is the first of a number of hotel .....

This is our review of Hotel Resonance in Taipei, Taiwan. Eager to visit before, erm, geopolitics intervened, I .....

18 Nov 202318 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 36 comments

British Airways has launched two new Avios-only flghts for Easter 2025. These are bookable now. Both flights will operate on Friday 18th April which is Good Friday, returning eight days later. There .....

British Airways has launched two new Avios-only flghts for Easter 2025. These are bookable now. Both flights .....

25 Jul 202425 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

15 Jul 202315 July 2023 by Rhys Jones

This is our review of the Swinton Park Hotel in Yorkshire, part of the ‘Beyond Green’ marketing group. Ever since I saw Swinton Park on BBC’s Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby .....

This is our review of the Swinton Park Hotel in Yorkshire, part of the ‘Beyond Green’ marketing .....

30 Nov 202430 November 2024 by Conny Urban • 20 comments

There’s big – and disappointing – news for anyone who had a redemption in Emirates First Class on their bucket list. (And, frankly, after my own trip in the new 777-300ER First Class .....

There’s big – and disappointing – news for anyone who had a redemption in Emirates First .....

10 May 202510 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Now that British Airways Club is up and running, you may be thinking about how you can earn BA or another oneworld alliance status going forward. Whilst we haven’t mentioned it for a few months, .....

Now that British Airways Club is up and running, you may be thinking about how you can earn BA or another .....

17 Apr 202517 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

Virgin Atlantic has scrapped flights to St Lucia for this winter, with services disappearing from the timetable on Friday. Flights were due to begin in October. This has always been a tricky route for .....

Virgin Atlantic has scrapped flights to St Lucia for this winter, with services disappearing from the .....

30 Mar 202530 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Riyadh Air hasn’t operated a single commercial flight, yet it’s one of the hottest airlines right now. Airline start-ups come and go; we’ve written about a fair few of them on HfP. .....

Riyadh Air hasn’t operated a single commercial flight, yet it’s one of the hottest airlines right .....

7 Nov 20247 November 2024 by Rhys Jones • 94 comments

HfP publishes an Avios redemption ‘price list’ – basically, a list of British Airways destinations with the maximum number of Avios needed for a flight. We do not include First Class .....

HfP publishes an Avios redemption ‘price list’ – basically, a list of British Airways .....

8 May 20248 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 76 comments

This article shows you how to reach the hotels around Heathrow airport using the local bus network, rather than paying for the expensive Hotel Hoppa shuttle bus. As I have mentioned a few times on .....

This article shows you how to reach the hotels around Heathrow airport using the local bus network, rather .....

25 Apr 202525 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 135 comments